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Broadway legend Carol Channing has passed away
Carol Channing, an absolute Broadway legend, has passed away at the age of 97.
The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway musical Hello Dolly! died Tuesday, January 15 at her home in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes.
In a statement, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed the news:
“It is with extreme heartache, that I have to announce the passing of an original Industry Pioneer, Legend and Icon – Miss Carol Channing. I admired her before I met her, and have loved her since the day she stepped … or fell rather … into my life. It is so very hard to see the final curtain lower on a woman who has been a daily part of my life for more than a third of it. We supported each other, cried with each other, argued with each other, but always ended up laughing with each other. Saying good-bye is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but I know that when I feel those uncontrollable urges to laugh at everything and/or nothing at all, it will be because she is with me, tickling my funny bone.”
Channing made her stage debut in Never Take No for an Answer. She found fame as Lorelei Lee in the Broadway musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949.
For her role as Muzzy Van Hossmere in 1967’s movie musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award.
She is survived by her son, Channing Carson.
Fans of Netflix’s Special are in for a treat because the show has been renewed for a second season and the show’s creator and star, Ryan O’Connell, has promised “a lot more gay sex.”
The groundbreaking series, based on O’Connell’s 2015 memoir I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, follows character Ryan Hayes, a gay man with cerebral palsy who decides to reinvent himself and live the life he wants.
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, O’Connell revealed his frustration that more shows don’t depict the reality of “sexual experiences for gay people, many of whom grew up with little to no education.”
In the new season, he plans to change that. “I think anything that still has a stigma attached to it just naturally excites me,” he told EW. “I think there shouldn’t be any of that, especially with gay sex. I’ve had to suffer through so many straight sex scenes and now everyone else has to pay.”
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Referencing his own sexual experiences as a young gay man, he added “I remember when I started having sex when I was 17 — not to brag — I didn’t know anything about anal sex at all.”
“I went to Barnes & Noble and got this book called Anal Pleasure and Health that was for straight people. L-O-actual-L… For like three months, I thought you could only have sex on your stomach.”
Special season 2 currently doesn’t have a release date, but season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
We’re all very familiar with the classic Disney characters and what they look like. We also understand that most of Disney’s highly-famous characters are women – as they should be!
But have you ever wondered what Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Elsa from Frozen might look like as men? What about Belle from Beauty and the Beast or Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty?
Wonder no more thanks to a Canadian digital artist by the name of Sakimi Chan, who gender-bent your favourite Disney characters in these gorgeous illustrations.
Wonder no more thanks to a Canadian digital artist by the name of Sakimi Chan who
Belle and Beast from Beauty and the Beast
Elsa from Frozen
Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ursula from The Little Mermaid
Pocahontas from Pocahontas
Ariel from The Little Mermaid
Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations
Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty
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This article was originally published on January 21, 2019.
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